Assemble The Fuselage; Install The Rudder & Tail Gear - GREAT PLANES Reactor Instruction Manual

ASSEMBLE THE FUSELAGE

Install the Rudder and Tail Gear
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1. Make a mark 1-1/8" [28.4mm] from the bottom edge of
the rudder at the center of the hinge line. Carefully drill a
3/32" [2.4mm] diameter hole 1" [25mm] deep at the mark
perpendicular to the hinge line. Be sure that your hole is
drilled straight into the rudder.
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2. Make a mark 1" [25mm] from the bottom edge of the
fuselage at the center of the rudder hinge line. Draw a line
down from that mark to just above the bottom of the fuse.
Use a hobby knife to cut a slot 1/32" [0.8mm] wide and 1/2"
[13mm] deep along the line you drew.
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3. Test fit the plastic bracket of the tail gear assembly
into the slot in the fuselage. Temporarily install CA hinges
into the rudder. Guide the 90 degree bend in the tail gear
wire into the hole you drilled in the rudder and fit the rudder
into place with CA hinges as far as it will go (do not glue the
hinges yet). Mark the location on the rudder where a groove
will need to be carved to accommodate the plastic bracket.
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4. Carve a groove at your marks until the rudder can fit
up against the fuselage. When satisfied with the fit, prepare
the hinge slots in the rudder and fuselage by enlarging them
as necessary with a sharp hobby knife. Drill a 3/32" [2.4mm]
diameter hole 1/2" [13mm] deep in the center of each hinge
slot. Using a hobby knife, cut away the covering around each
hinge slot. Apply a couple drops of oil or petroleum jelly to
the wire near the plastic bracket. Coat the 90 degree bend
in the tail gear wire and the plastic bracket with medium CA
glue and join the rudder to the fuse with CA hinges. As you
did with the ailerons, apply thin CA to the rudder hinges,
being sure that you can obtain the 3D throws listed on page
28. Leave a 3/32" [2.4mm] gap between the top of the
fuselage fin and the rudder.
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